The 26th WestLicht Camera Auction closed on Saturday with outstanding results throughout, with the better part of the lots multiplying their starting prices. Not only traditionally sought-after lots from manufacturer Leitz/Leica performed excellently, also lenses, historic cameras and rarities experienced high increases.

The Auction’s sales rate was at a prime 85.5 per cent, with a total revenue of close to 2.5 million Euros.As the Auction’s top lot emerged its rarest camera: An MP-24 from 1957 with a starting bid of 80,000 Euros closed at 240,000 Euros. The last Leica M ‘Edition 100’ from the special series marking 100 years of Leica changed ownership for 84,000 Euros (starting price: 25,000 Euros).Among the Leica copies the famous 'Red Flag 20' stood out. This rare Chinese Leica M4/M5 copy (starting price: 26,000 Euros) was worth 60,000 Euros to a collector.In the spy camera section, an exciting bidding war for a Ross No. 5 Mark IV Binocular Spy Camera unfolded. From a starting price of 7,000 Euro it finished at a final result of 26,400 Euros. The Zunowflex camera in black varnish from 1960, on offer at an auction for the first time, was sold for 43,200 Euros (starting price: 10,000 Euros). Among the historic lots the Palmer & Longking Camera, a Daguerreotype camera with tripod, climbed to a remarkable 20,400 Euros (starting price: 5,000 Euros).